They are serious too.
Someday, they might actually meet the Wright Brothers first flight duration and distance.
Maybe.
Ok, you can laugh.
I did. Especially the Flying Winnabago.
Preflighted at 4 PM Central time and then fueled up (I had about 7 gallons in one tank and just under 30 in the other according to the dip tube…which was enough, but just barely and my reserve would have been marginal) with 37 gallons of 100LL.
Fired up and listened to the weather, then taxiied out to 18 and did a southbound departure. The takeoff roll was long as the weather was fairly warm (FIFTY DEGREES in January!!!) and I had full fuel with me (180lbs), Ed( 250) and MC (120 lbs) plus 40 lbs of ballast in the luggage compartment. fist time I have had that much load in the plane. Climbed out well though.
We went up to 5500 and flew to Eagle Creek with Flight Following, arriving after dark. Picking out the airport from the other light clutter on the ground was at first difficult, then, once we saw the airport, it was easy. Did a base leg entry and an Ok landing…not my best, not my worst. I did miss the last taxiway and had to turn around and back taxi as there was a plane waiting at the end of the runway (winds were negligible, so either end was useable. We never did hear any of his radio call though, (and yes, I WAS on the right freq….I checked)
Dinner was AWESOME. Service was excellent. Walked back to the FBO and unlocked the plane and did a preflight and fired up and took off. The ATC folks weren’t busy, so they were pleasant and fun to interact with. We had ’em watch us on the way back too…
Arrived back home, did another base leg entry for 27 and was a bit fast over the numbers….but other than the float, the landing was good.
Pushed the pane into the hangar and went home.
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A VERY good evening. MC had never seen the lights on the ground from up at night, so she was happy. Ed got his “Altitude Fix” so he was as well. (his 182 is down for an engine/prop rebuild)….he does now want an autopilot though. His 182 doesn’t have one. The air was smooth as one could ask for, clear as glass, and ceilings were 25,000 or greater.
I gotta do some pattern work and practice night landings. Mine are OK, but just OK. I need more practice so that I have better perspective on final. The lights and nighttime illusions make it hard.
But overall, nights like this are why I wanted to learn to fly. this would have been a 2+ hour drive each way, with lots more hassle and stress. In a plane, it is a bit less than an hour each way.
Plus it is fun. I could not do things like this with rental aircraft either. Too expensive and the availability of the planes just isn’t there.
I’m glad I learned to fly and bought an airplane.
As Aaron puts it: 2.2 and 2.
Once, I can understand. Everyone needs some help now and again. Twice, maybe, some of us have a run of just plain old bad luck.
But some families seem to either have LOTS of bad luck, or (maybe) have learned that people can be fleeced over and over again as long as they present a good enough sob story to tug those old heartstrings….Because, for the most part, bloggers and their audiences are good hearted people.
But, sadly, I must remove one from my sidebar. Too much. I cannot countenance continual blegging.
Nevermind that a statement that is made, with no supporting facts, is just an opinion…nevermind that the statements are biased…..”if it is published (and I agree with it) it must be factual. This is why a headline may say one thing, but the body of text in the article may show something else…But the headline is all they read….and believe.
We, on the right, are also (To a lesser extent) subject to making this failure in our search for knowledge.
But the Dems and the Liberals (but I repeat myself) seem to have a lack of discrimination when it comes their News.
By the way, this is an example of Op-Ed. No supporting facts, just opinion…if I had facts, there’d be links and support for the statement(s) I made.
May your finances be good and your personal life be happy and fulfilling.
“The range won’t shut off”.
See, there is a neat relay/contactor setup that, when one (or all) of three light switches (left/middle/right) is turned on, also turns on the air handler and enables the air compressor that turns the target holders. As it had always worked, no one had ever worried.
Until Saturday evening…..when it stopped working correctly. Turn off the lights and the big fan keeps running. Not what is spozed to happen.
As I am the closest member to the range, I get the call.
My first thought was to simply turn off the breaker and wait for another day…. But the breaker that controls the lights and fan also powers the sewage ejection pump and the heater for that small room where the pump is located. (And last time we had issues with the sewer pump, at least one idiot ignored the signs and used the terlet….with messy results)
So I opened the control box, hoping to see something obvious.
No joy.
And, of course, while it appears that (at one time) there was a diagram of some kind for guidance on the door, it fell off or was removed long ago, leaving only the glue behind to mock those who might need it…..
So I had to close contactors one at a time, and follow the wiring (which was really nicely done, it looked like the interior of an Otis Elevator cabinet) and figure out how the thing worked.
And, while it took an hour and a half, I traced the logic and figured which contactor was stuck.
Pried the welded contact apart, and (for now) everything works).
Kinda proud of that diagnosis. Haven’t worked relay logic for over 25 years. But I can still do it. So it is (sorta) fixed….For now.
Simply worn out and pitted contacts. But all the others are worn as well.
Someone is gonna have to replace the contactors ….all 5 of ’em.
And, since there are only 3 of us that have the ability (much less knowledge) it’s gonna fall on us. And since one is pretty much crippled, and the other is nearly 80 years old, it’s gonna be me.
And we are told they just want to come and be in this country…..and live like us and be good productive citizens.
And maybe that is the goal of some of them.
BUT some are criminals. Bad people. Cop killers
Most of the rest just want Free Shit and a less littered (unlike their home) place to live.
Nothing, it seems, uses precision machining anymore. Rough castings, machined to a minimum, then a rubber(neoprene?) gasket to make the seal.
So on the 26th, I cobbled the water supply line together, and today, I did it right…
Led worklights might not be the pinnacle of invention, but they sure as hell are a good one, and should rank right up there on the list of GoodThings.
Headlights and lightsticks….rechargeable. Really nice.
especially this:
Astro pneumatic 450 lumen LED workight.
You don’t yet know that you need one, but you do.
You’ll thank me later.
Jesus H Christ on a Pogo stick….there are 2 lbs of unneeded screws in that door.
Plus the latch is extraordinarily complicated and WAY too heavy for the job it does.
Yes, I am doing my own plane maintenance.
And Cessna wants over $400 for a set of lock cylinders. I gotta talk to a locksmith and see if he can fix ’em.
At least the door locks properly now though.
And for that, he is a terrible person.
Or something.
Bad, Bad Donnie.
There must be something sinister about his actions. Because Trump.
